The Theatre: New Plays: Apr. 7, 1924

Across the Street. Apparently the rural
drama is out to obliterate sex. That is the impression one gains from
this new play of the small town. Author Purdy, won with his comedy-drama
the prize of $500 offered by the Chautauqua circuit for the best
play without sex; he earned every nickel of it. He walks around that
tabooed subject more carefully than a cat around a saucer of cream.

Whatever love story is in the piece is let loose early and gotten over
with hurriedly, as if the author suspected that something
embarrassing...